The Association for Asian American Studies recently recognized UCLA professors Grace Hong and Min Zhou for their publications. The organization selected authors who had exceptional books published in 2015. Awards were presented to winners in seven categories.
Hong’s book, “Death beyond Disavowal: The Impossible Politics of Difference,” won in the humanities and culture studies (multidisciplinary approaches) category. The book utilizes “difference,” as theorized by women-of-color feminists, to analyze works of cultural production by people of color as expressing a powerful antidote to the erasures of contemporary neoliberalism. Hong is a professor of Asian American studies and gender studies.
Winner in the social sciences category, Zhou, together with Jennifer Lee, wrote “The Asian American Achievement Paradox,” which seeks to address how immigration laws, institutions and culture interact to foster high achievement among certain Asian-American groups. Zhou is the founding chair of the UCLA Asian American Studies Department and currently holds the Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications. She is also affiliated with the sociology department.
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